AChinLitNerd

Just rejected by U of T ..... But received Alberta's offer

Has anyone applied to UBC as well?

the more hope, the more disappointment .... (to me haha) but best of luck to you!

submitted a month ago and waiting for the result. Probably will be out next week?

From the past result in the forum, the result will be announced next week for PhD.

rejected by UCSB...

I have applied to U of T! East Asian Studies PhD. (I wrongly calculated the time difference and submitted documents a day late... Probably won't be considered?? Haha) Did ask my POI and he will be able to supervise students. But I don't think I will be admitted... ?

Oh cool. Do you mind to share a bit more? When did you receive the interview invitation?

Applied to UBC and going to submit my application to Toronto

Hi All, Hi all! I haven't seen any threads for the upcoming application cycle yet. Wanna start one so any prospective applicants can have a place to chat, ask questions, and lend moral support. Has anyone received interview invitation? Good luck and cheers, Chris About me: My research interest lies in early medieval Chinese poetry. 2 yrs experience on a research project about Computer Science. Applied to UBC, UNC Chapel Hill.

Does anyone submit the application to UBC this year?

To my knowledge, the British PhD/DPhil also requires your proposal to be specific, very intriguing, and extremely pioneering. You need to outline a list of research questions that you plan to examine in details, and what theoretical framework that you're going to build/adopt. Will be .... ??‍??‍?

Just submitted my very first application (I did not expect to submit that app since I had not heard back from my supervisor 3 weeks before the deadline). Feeling extremely tired. This is my first time to apply doctoral... now studying an MA (working on my thesis) and applying to postgrad programmes. Writing sample: used my course-work assignment (but I don't think I write it concisely), did not have time to drag part of my thesis to the writing sample... LoR: all my referees are not willing to write more than 3 reference letters so they limit my application LOL~ SoP: I had no idea as well (I prefer writing RP, seems easier)... but I wrote what I found out from the literature and point out some potential methodology etc. So far all POI that I have contacted have left a positive feedback to me and encourage me to reply ... they also share some of their works with me! Kind of an exploration as well~ Good luck to all of you!!

Exactly, prolly need to spend a year to come up with a RP (~ SoP, I guess???).

To my knowledge yes, once the faculty member has accepted you, you can apply for the programme and scholarship .... (but it is quite competitive for scholarship tho...)

Finger cross mate. I am preparing for my grad-school as well. To my knowledge, it is more difficult to get a scholarship/funding in Britain nowadays than the past (from my Profs, graduated from SOAS and Oxon). You may need to spend some time to work on your RP (3-5 pages approximately) and contact your POI directly. (the PhD admission between British unis and North American unis is quite different) For me, I wish I can go to Britain as well but none of the unis suit me... (Britain is fancy in modern politics/literature ... ) My provisional list for the '22 fall application (would be great if anyone has some comment on my decision) : PhD: Alberta (Modern Lang.), British Columbia (Asian Studies), South Carolina (Comp. Lit.), UC Santa Barbara (East Asian Lang. & Cult. Studies), UWashington (Asian Lang. & Lit.) MA/MPhil: Alberta (East Asian Studies), CUHK (MPhil in Chin. Lit.), Florida State (Chinese), UMass Amherst (East Asian Lang. & Lit.) The reason I also consider MA is that I wish to give a buffer to myself and acculturate to the North America learning culture still... a lot of questions and concerns - Should I also consider Arizona State (MA in Chinese), UC Irvine (East Asian Studies) too? It's a neat school but competitive (every grad school is competitive LOL) - I am hesitating if I should go take GRE or not. I really have no time to prepare for this exam .... I am working full-time in a research project (about Computer Science) to survive the tuition fee for my current degree, and I am doing my degree at the same time (am gonna write my MA dissertation) [you may guess where I am from .... haha ,,,,] - Further to my concern, I know GRE is "OPTIONAL" to some unis (at least UWashington's already announced that they no longer consider GRE result)... still I am not sure if taking GRE is advantageous for my application. - I tried to contact some POIs too but no response from them .... quite frustrated... should I follow up? Or should I just focus on my dissertation first? Anyway, good luck to everyone. Do our best and no regrets. Back to work!

Likewise. Which period(s) are you working on?

I've heard that UToronto is competitive! (Indeed, uToronto is my dream Uni) Finger cross mate!

Hi all, I applied for University of Zurich (UZH) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with Chinese Language and Literature major. If you were me (without any burden), which school do you prefer, and why? Thanks mates! Christian PS: failed in all North American submission.

Did not receive any offers from the north america, but got the offer from UZH.

I finally wrote him an email and let him know that I've refined my RP. I still didn't have the courage to ask him when will the application result will be released. lol just write to him that I really hope to work with him haha

Hello, I've applied to University of Alberta - (first choice) (M.A. Thesis in East Asian Studies) University of Toronto - (M.A. in East Asian Studies) Simon Fraser University - (M.A. in Humanities) A bit sad that I haven't heard anything yet.

Hello. I applied for East Asian Studies, and no result either.

So nice of you! Glad to hear that. I wrote an email to my potential supervisor in last year October. At that time, she told me that she's interested in my project plus encouraged me to apply for the MA (East Asian Studies). waiting time (6-8 weeks) is too long for me... but I don't know if it is appropriate to write another email to them and enquire for the result release day. ?

congratz! I am still waiting...